Coin-controlled vending-machine.



J. G. 0. MANTLE COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR.1, 1908.

987,636. Patented Mar.21,1911.

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3 39 J6" "M 1 2 t M i .24- mm 1 E76 5 J. G. G. MANTLE. COIN CONTROLLED VENDIN G MACHINE. 12.1, 1908.

APPLICATION FILED AP Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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f I!!! f/EVl/Il/l J. G. 0. MANTLE. COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR.1, 1908.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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1a Q J6 15 15 1g J /8 4 .21 H 31 1 v 7 1: 0 1' 7"- J) fig 4 J. G. G. MANTLE. 00m CONTROLLED VENDING 1112101111111.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1, 1908.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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l lS-equalIy adapted tovend other articles either 7 in thefront of the casing hinged .55 righthand side of the front of the casing s H iinaslotrwhereas th UNITED STATES P TENT orrroui JOSEPH-G. c. MnN'r'LE, or NEW YosK, N. 'Y.,-assrenon ro r'aiiit'r'rf 'nnw I YORK, N. Y.,. a eonrona'rron or New-Yon com-con'rnozrmrno VENDING-Macrame.

987,636 w Specification ofletterslatent. w f I V i l a lication filed April 1', 1908. Serial No. 424,49

vh-ich are r f which To all whom it my concern: l I "a plunger 2 pe t Be it know'n that I, J osnrrr G. C. MANTL after the insertionofthe can a. citizen of the United States, and a resi adapted to be delivered. Th1 dent of the city, county, 'and'Sta-te of New the goods takes ecans Y York, have invented certain new and useful extends out from U i Improvements in Coin-Controlled Vending at the bottom.

Machines, of which the following is a speci-. 4: is a coin-slot- (s e fication. y I of the casing leading. The machine of my present invention is which delivers the Co adapted to-automatically'vend' articles from mechanism ofzthemahh the deposit of a coin, the particular machine has acted to permit del' illustrated being one adapted to vendsuch drops; into a coin-.recep articles as postal-cards, insurance policies, tion. in Fig. 2 andacc es and the like, but it will be understood is ceptacleto remove thelcorns ushl.

with or without such modifications as may at 7 .The'fr'ont of the pasing sho be'necessary. or advisable within the spirit an outwardly extending g and scope of the invention and claims. reciprocating plungerlalso In the drawings which show only one the side thereof, ,toguard the .l g form which my invention may take, Figure injury through being struck passin 1 is a top plan and horizontal sectional view jects. y p i of the machine taken on the line 1-1 in Fig Describing; now. the oper 2, "looking in the direction. of the arrow; of the machine, and a, b Fig. El is a vertical sectional viewpartly in magazine, itmay be-sa 25. side elevation taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. that the magazine show 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrow; Fig. connection with postal-pa 3 is a perspective view of the magazine and is. subject to change. in th related part/s as same would appear on an. tion or of substitutio enlarged scale looking-at the front of the magazine adapted .forus e 30. magazine in Fig. 1, the lower portion of the the other parts ofthe-ing,

sides of the magazine being broken away that other articles are song andshown in dotted lines; Fig. l is-a -verti by the machine which; are '0 jcalsec'tion partly in elevation on the line deliveryby-themagazine 4+4 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective view ticular'magazine shownico a1 of one of the parts detached; Fig. 6 is a perin a vertical stackplaced spective view of another part detached; Fig. superposed position \wi eaeh a icilje 7 is a top plan view. otthe part shown in 1 right-angles to theifadjacen ,art'c es a bove Fig. 6;Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the and below.- Thea-articles against parts shown. .7 in Figs. 5 andfi assembled, dislocationoutof illBlp- SBlQl'gYCI'QS also of related parts; Fig. 9 is'a vertical. .mentby the'sitlesof the.;,-ma azin section partly in elevation through some of T sing in the magazineQ-shoiw 1 f the parts in Fig.8 andthrongh otherrelated sheet-.metalin heightjequ arts of the machin'e, saicl.sectio1i being, the magazine and info'ld taken in the plane. of the paper in Fig. 2; shaped to give ita crossrli 5'Figa1O is. ahorizontal section partly in ,eletion, as inFig. 1,-. to rnoim 'vation on the line 10-.10-, in Fig. 8; and articles onthreesides=-a1 d Fig. 11 is the same as Fig-10 with, the parts their crossed arrangemen V in different position. m side,;-the stack is iboundedby t st Describing now .my invention with par- 1nember'10. Saida'sltii-pelik mei it 0 ticular referenceto the devices illustrated in movable so that the article the drawings, the machine comprises eX- in the magazine through; h

teriorly an upri ht more or less rectangular casing. For this purpose casing 1 inclosing a magazine forithegoods may have a foot portiQnrZtO and the other parts of the'jmachine. At the the end of which "15 adap ed I lelltli rsrl ble; for

e n .1) th strip 110.

21 have their extremities projecting .into the a angles of the bent up sheet metal side's 9 of:

the magazineand are secured to said sides,

thereby insuring the cross-like conformation.

thereof.

In the magazine shown, delivered one the stack. Thus the entire stack of articles 'is'supported on top of a turn-table provided with an opening 14(Figs. 1 to 4)'through its top adapted when presented in registered 15 .mlt same to fallthrough it, do is delivered down the 2, to the trou h. 3. I v

The part-icu ar turn-table shown, is'adapte made out of a single casting, and ma be described as comprising a low, thinwa led cylinder 16, (Figs. 1 test) of comparativel large diameter and formed into gear-teet 17 and 17 directed toward its bottom edge and havin across its top two .oppositel dis osed' we s or platforms 18 separate byt and breadth to it, one at a time. The particular turn-table shown has platforms 18, each of which 'aomprises a central elevated portion 18" and depressed end portions 18". The elevated portions 18 of the i platform's constitute the supporting surfaces 86 upon which the bottom of thestack rests and are located above the bottom edges ofjthe sides of the magazine (see Figs-3 and 4). esev elevated portions l8 inay have their front edges parallel, and in length approximating the width of one of the articles in the magazine. Whereas the 18 of the platforms preferably havetheir front edges inclined away from each other so as to enlarge the width-of the opening 4514 from its cent'ralport'ion toward its ends. Each centralj portion 18 also preferably merges into its depressed end portions 18 by having the ends of said beveled respectively at 19 (Figs. 1,;3and 4). From the description thus, far of a the parts of the magazine and "1, it will'show that when the turn-table is in the position shown the bottommost article which is parallel to the article marked 5 A, will drop through the space '14 between the platforms 18 of the turn-table-and thence by the chute will be delivered at the trough 3. Meanwhile the stack of articles V above it will be most article that extends parallel to B, b'ecause theends of said article rest; onthe platforms 18, 01 more particularly on ,the elevated portions 18', of" the. turn-table.

- hould the turn-table benow shifted through a quarterturn, atwflibeapparent that the embers 1 1 supported on the base-plate.

the articles are" ata time from the bottom of position with the bottommost article to perwhence the artichute 15in Fig.

e space 14 adapted in length let' the articles drop through end pogtions rotating bottom central portion referring to Fig.

supported by the bottompresion' 20 (Figs.

withdrawn and will be under the next above article \A, thereby supporting the stack but pe inittin s id bottommost article 'Btp drop throug t e opening in the turn-table. Thus in the same manner everysucceeding quarter t rn of the turn-table y from he stack; Moreover only one article can be\delivered-at a timedue to the crossed arrangement. of the articles and the suppgflting action of the platforms of the turnta e.

The effect of having the articles supported on a bottom member which extends inside the bottom\edges of the si es of the magazine isto insure against/any possibility ,of the bottomlnost article becoming jammed between said bottom and sides orof. working thus improperly out of the magazine. .The bevel portions IQand the cut-away end portions 18 have the purpose in among I other respects of preventing a card with an accidentally or improperly down-bent end from jamming the magazine by preventing rotation of the turn-table. Thus in the first placeunless the card be bent down to a cons'derable extent it will not contact with the end portions 18 to jam the magazine because same' as already explained are ,depressed below the level of the supporting central portions 18. In the second place, even assuming that the down-bent portion is below the level of the .end portions 18 so that without more it would contact. with said portions to prevent turning the table, said action would be prevented by the bevel support of the platformswill be from the bottommost article B, carried over bottom of the card to lift up its down bent "end and elevate it above the end portions .18", before said portions on account of their cut-away front edges can come into contact with the card to jamthe magazine.

j Itmay be noted that preferably the construction of the magazine isas shown, Wherein the sides 9 are out of contact with the member, being supported in such position by the members 11. Gempare Figs.4 and 1. The purpose of this is not to introduce friction from this source between the rotating bottom member and the sides of the magazme. Whereas the magazine sides are 4 elevated above the bottom member, itis nevertheless impossible for a card to work out under the sides of the, magazine because as already explained, said bottom within the magazine is elevated. Describing now the devices for effecting said operation .of the turn-table when the machine is operated after the deposit'of a coin, in the first place the turn-table is supported teeth downward in a flanged circular de- -1 and 2) in a. horizontal plate 21 across the interior of the machine. To lessen the frictional hearing of the exdelivers an article portion '19 Working under the edge and es lfnae a y tremities of the turn-table teeth on their I free to rotate inside of the sleeve 1neml er 23 supporti gflan'ge(Figs; 3 4) certain Without carrying said-sleeve e berwnh of the teethfdesignatd17,9;re"made longer it.- However, referring to F g. 8 should a than the others so that 'they alone bear upon Coin-"32m" dropped into the recess of the if1the 'fiangex-= Preferably the longer ,teeth'ere sleeve" member so that it rests 'on' the ledge 79 v v 10; easily-rotatable; these same teeth are made 3 of thet rrn-table'and inthe particular mafo'nr' 'in"Ifiimberdboated respectively at the portion of the lug 31 of the oyl'indriea l mem- 'Kends'of thefdi'ameters'of the turn-table: For -f-b'er5 itjv'v'ill be apparent that rot-at-inglthe the same-reason, that is to lessen frictional "cylindrical member in anti-elock vi'se dn-eecontact and thereby make the table moretion will' carry thev'ertical portion fof its hig 31 against the elefthand edge-"of and will jam said "coin between shoulderof the sleeve rec therefore on'its anti-clockwise? the sleeve-memlxer alongahe 111- mesh with the cylinder-pin rack on theplnnger 2 (Figsz' l," 'hine-sho'vvn is adapted for one otits revadapted to reciprocate horizontally I H ol'utions to rotate said table through a. with. latch-arm 27 shown in tongf plan uarter' i 'evolutioni A top plan vievv dtthein Figs. 1, 10 and l' lfin sideelevatio'n in to project outwardly beyond "the outside of the otlienteethso that the former alone'b'ear against-theyertical' wall of thefcircularde pression in the; plate,;j(compareligsfil and 8) w th?"tri'rn-tablepiniOn 22 meshes with the teeth is a 0 I 20 turn-table pinionfisshown in 1, a side -Fig. 2, and in perspectivein Fig. 8, has a form ShOWl'ly-tht) pinion 22 is integrally Vi greater than the-diameter of the coin. Said subsequently described as Cooperating-With e0 :Extendingup throughythesleeve 23 i i5i6"and't-is shown independently. From these and that it=ha-s exteriorly flt-itSfbOttOIIl a.

{I 65' bated-on aidvstudelevatiem m. Fig. 2,"'whereas a, perspective Hatch-projection 28 adapted to he reeeive'd'in" view 'thereef, detached from the rest ofthe the opening 26 (see Figs. Sand 10) through mechanism is shown in Fig. '5. From these the vvallof the sleeve-member" 23 to loolt'said figures 'itf-Will-be noted thatin' its? particular member in fixed position; said latch t m2? is secured at its other end to a hub Fi 9 1 and Working on a vertical Sfitd five the latch arm a swinging motion to A withdravv its latch projection into 5 of the opening in the sleeve-member] The hub 86 has'an arm37 (Figs. 1 and'Q) shown l a extending therefrom at right-angles to the latch-arm 27, and connected by a spiral spring 38 with the inner end of the plnngely v --rack 35. The plungerra'ck is "g'flidetl rits horizontal; reciprocation by guides and snp-v ports 39 (Fig. 1)" A butter 40 :isr provided at the rear of themachi-ne tomeeeiive against it the end of the rackfWhe-n the mlnngnhas been pressed inward to the reqni redzex-tent to' operate. the maehi-ne. t

formed OIL-the -"upper end of a sleeve 23, said sleeve interiorly' havin wits Wall recessed by a-nropening running' lengthwise or axially of the sleeve and inwidth somewhat eoinrecess is bounded at either side by shoulders 24 and 25. The sleeve 23 at about right angles to its rem-recess has its wall -pene- *tratedr'by an opening 26* '(Figspfi and-10) "-a""lat el1-member 27 to'receive the latch pro-- jectioH-QS thereof. 1 The approximate loea tionmfth opening is indicated by'the'ar-- ".IO W -lIi' Figse'end-s.

-eyl'mdrical member 29' (Fig; 8 carrying Theefieelt of ntessingin the plan ifsto What maybe called 'a plnnger rack-pinion turn the cylindrical? member; trough 302" This cylindrical memberis shown in Fig.

somewhat more thammcomplete revolution 8 assembled inside of the sleeve,.andmF1gs.

views, it Will be seen to comprise a cylindrical member having a-xdiameter sueh as to. tablei'depending upon whethe 0t r'w'orkifrely Within'the sleeve. 23, that :it is hasbeen inserted, As alread lained it provided atwits upper end with gear teeth no coin has-beeninserted- .e cylindrical.-

tmember merely turns idlv inwan anti-olockright-angled lug '81 raised from its surface, wiseadireetion in Fig. 1 wit-hontatlecting' the said trig-having anupwardly;extending porsleeve anember or the magazine turn-table. ration and". a horizontal or ledge portion Similarly no efieet is had on said;,lastnamed adapted asivil-lr hereinafterpseento snp membersitvhen-the'plunger zis, releasedTfrom igz i8i). Fn rtheritwvill be noted'thatgthe'a; -merelyd thatithespring 38 greturns the ember shown inaFigs; "6 and-" T; hasarseoond, plunger into its outermost-position shown in' extending lug 33 at its bottomi r-s Eig. leandthe raektravelingwithit; rotates aidoylindriealsmember' islpro-Tthe cylindricalmember 29g thronghawcomfl vide wan;saiiialwhole; tohadapt-l saidplete-revolution=in the return or 'clbekwise member to be receivedwwithza bearing fit direction.- -Sa-id operationn-of ;the;iplun, qer ver--e.vert}i'cal-:st Q2 34: -(F-igs..2 and9) pro---v wandraektbetorethe-insertion of a-coinvcair- --...--3eetingi""fromany-suitable snpport. Thnsnot act to irictionally carry thesleeve-memthe cylindrical memberwis-adapted to. be ro-.; hen 2 3"alongvwiththe oylindrie'al nember 29 -Moreover it, ispert ctl because he-datehfifljnfl'i' has; its tro'ection' its innermost pggitie e. iefiect being 129 i '4, ceases 28 entered into thesleeve opening 26 tion in Fi" 1, co ueiitl its opening26 in positive locking contact with the we 1 will again presente to t e latchwrm pro,-

I I before rotate the cylindrical member in an ber 23 dueto the interlocked of said 0 ening, ma ng it impossible to roate the s eeve.. The plunger and rack. being is. their outermost or normal position an the cylindrical member 29 in corresponding position, should now a coin be inserted inthe coin slot 4 it will drop down the duct 5 into t e coin rece'ss-in'the sleeve member 23 and resting on will beupheldinsaid recess by the ledge portion of the lug'31 of the cylin-. drieal member 29.? 1hus the coin will take relative position there shown.

Pressing inwardly the plunger. 2 will as anti-clockwise direction and said member :will receive 'a partial rotation before the upright portion of the lug 31 contacts with the edge of the coin. The result of this partial rotation is to move the other lug 33 'of the eylindrical member from the position shown 2-5 in .Fig.'10-to the positionshown in Fig. II,

said lug thereby pressingv outwardly to a partial extent the latch-projection 28 so that its bevelportion is in contact withthe side of the-sleeve 'opening26. The-upright portion of the lug 31 being now in contact with the edge of the coin, presses'said coin'against the recess in the sleeve the shoulder 25 .of member. 23, and accordingly. carries said sleeve member before it in anti-clockwise rotation with the result that the near side. of

,--the sleeve opening 26 (Fig. '11) is carried against the bevel of the latch-armprojection 28'and presses it outof said opening, so that the sleeve member of Fig. 5', leased, is carried along with the [cylindrical member 29 and the interlocked coin 32 for a complete rotation in anti-clockwise direction, by th plunger "rack; In the particular machine "shown, the relation of the sleeve-pinion 22 to the turn-table is 'such that for "every complete revolution of the former, the latter is turned through a quarter revolution and de- 7 carried in anti-clockwise rotation'to operate tbs magazine, the latch-arm projection 28 'des against the outside of said sleeve member, being spring-pressed against it by the tension on spring 38. When the plunger rack hasreached its innermost position, andfrom the magazine,

said opening impelled-by .iivered' from th the position shown mF g. 8, with thecy.

zine shown is arranged modification to now ,wholly reerecognized t e complete inpushing of the,

livers an article from the magazine, conseof the coin,

"erativelv'connected with a magazine to operated, from its rotation, a.

jeetion 28 which therefore will spring nto the spring 38, and

said s e'eve member and co uei'itly the v magazine turn-table will bal i l d stationary until again operated by the insertion of a coin and th pressing of the plunger. This stationary locking of the sleeve-memwhen it hasmade a com lete revolution and the articlehas been de- 0 magazine revents said member from being disturbed the plunger rack, having been released from its innermost position, is impelled outwardly by the spring 38 and thereby reverses the rotation of the cylindrical member to restore it'to its norma position shown in Fig. 8. thereturn of the plunger rack'to its'normal position has no driving eifect'on the sleeve 23 to operate the magazine because on said return stroke the cylindrical member 29 is rotated in clockwise direction with its in 31 carried away fromthe shoub der 25 on t e sleeve, so that the coin being no longer compressed between said sup orted from below b the ledge of the lug d down out of t e position shown at 32 in Fig. .8 into the coin receptacle -6 'in Moreover,

that the particular magafor a crossing of the articles at right-angles, since it is a simple ft is immaterial crossed-relation of the-articles, which is at a different an le or angles. Moreover it is stitutions of equivalents can be made in the herein described of my invention without departing from its scope and spirit, and these are intended to be covered hereby.

Having thus described I claim is: v v

'1. The combination of an exterior rota table member an interior rotatable member, said members my invention, what being-separated by a space adapted-to receive a..coin between them, and through whicl s ace the coincan drop, a

'projectionf'on eac ,of said members into said space adapted to abut against opflsite edges one of said members ing manually rotatable to move-its rejection toward the projection on the ot er member and through the interposed coin to rotate the other member, said other mem opfrom its sa-id rotation;

erate said magazine and said magazine.

. 2. The combination of'a rotatablexe e, has thereby given the sleeve member (Fig. a cylinder rotatable within said sleeve, pina 5) a complete rotation to'deliver'an' article said sleeve-memberwillobviously havereturned to its-initial posions respectively on said cylinder a sleeve; a magazinegeared to the slee 'pmiointo be arrange [the magazine for aat other modifications and sub-' and illustrated embodiment e i s-J parts or ber being op- 'iso names erable reciprocating rack mesh with the cylinder pinion, means operating to carry the rack and the cylinder into a normal .position, said sleeve andcyli'nder being separated by a coin space between the inside of the former and the outside of the latter through which a coin can drop, a projection .on each of said members into said space adapted to hold the coin between them, the pro ection on the cylinder being in coinsupport-ing relation to the projection on the sleeve when the cylinder is in normal position, and being carried toward the projection on the sleeve as the cylinder is rotated from the manual operation'of the rack.

secondary member to be'operated fro m its rotation; a manually-opera 1e reciprocating I rack in operative relation with the primary rotatable member; means operating to carry the rack and the primary member into a normal position; means on the primary rocoin,

't'atable member and means on the secondary rotatable member supporting a coin between] .them when the primary member is in normal position, said means on the primary member being carried toward that on the secondary member and rotating said secondary member by means of the supported when the primary member is rotated from the manual operation of the rack; and a releasable latch normally locking the secondary member'against rotation, said latch being'released by engagement therewith of 'the secondary member when coin-driven from the primary member. 4. The combination of a primary rotatable member; a secondary rotatable member;

a reciprocating rack geared to said primary the. secondary member against unintentional rotation; a spring connecting said rack and said latch and acting to return the rack.

and primary member to a normal position and to hold the latch spring-pressed into locking position with the secondary member; .a magazine operatively connected with the secondary member to be operated from its rotation; means onv the primary rotatable member and means secondary rotatable member supporting a coin between them when the primary memher is in normal position, said means on the primary member being carried towardthat on the secondary member and. rotating said member by means of the interposed coin to operate the magazine when the primary member is driven from-the'operation of the on the rack contrary to the tensionof the above named spring, the coin being released as the primary member returns to normal position.

5. The combination of a rotatable sleeve; a cylinder rotatable within said sleeve, said sleeve and cylinder havin between the inside of. the former and t ev outside of'the latter an axially extending recess, adapted to receive a coin in tangential position, pro-"- jections into said recess, one on the sleeve and one on the cylinder, adapted to abut against theyopposite side-edges of the coin in the coin recess, and a iledge on the cylinder located to be under the bottom edge of the coin when? the aforesaid projections are adjacent? its side-edges},

a stationary coin-duct for delivering a a a com down the com recess when same is under. said duct; the cylinder being manually operable to rotate its projection toward the projection on the sleeve and through an interposed coin to .carry the t and a sleeve through acomplete revolution when released, being reversely rotatable to resume a normal position wherein its ledge is in supporting; position tori the coin under the coin-duct. p

In witness whereof I have signed my member to give it rotation in either direc- 'tion; a "releasable latch lockin name-to the foregoing s lecification in the presence of two subscribl witnesses.

Josnru MANTLEI 

